Lollipop Magazine

Electric Wizard – Dopethrone – Interview

June 1, 2001

An interview with Justin Oborn

Hangnail – Ten Days before Summer – Review

April 1, 2000

Rollin’ biker brew from Lee Dorrian’s Rise Above, known more for swingin’ a huge leaden dick labeled “doom” rather than this goodly chunk of rock qua rock.

Electric Wizard – Come my Fanatics… – Review

September 1, 1999

I don’t want to overplay the dumb thing too much. As dumb and simple-minded as these guys are, there’s a lot of craft in Electric Wizard’s music.

Clawfinger – Review

June 1, 1999

Clawfinger have Faith No More tendencies, and the ability to blend huge pop choruses with samples, scratches, Meshuggah-ish riffs, and stompin’ and rompin’.

Orange Goblin – Time Travelling Blues – Review

April 1, 1999

We get as much Kiss, Deep Purple, and Mountain as we do Sabbath here, all delivered with tongue-in-cheek, really playing on this whole space-brain theme.

Sleep – Jerusalem – Review

April 1, 1999

Jerusalem is often a one chord mudbank of crumbled sludge, making just enough twists to keep us from nodding off, but really falling to the rear of the pack.

Sheavy – The Electric Sleep – Review

April 1, 1999

Sheavy enter a cosmic Monster Magnet zone, loping into slow blues, acoustic flights o’ fancy and of course tons of Sabbath-steeped power chords.

Lid – In the Mushroom – Review

April 1, 1999

Lid is Trouble’s singer (Eric Wagner) and Anathema’s Danny Cavanaugh. It’s damn near a Trouble record on ‘shrooms.

Roachpowder – Viejo Diablo – Review

April 1, 1999

Roachpowder are a Swedish thing, fronted by a Canadian, but pertinently produced by Entombed twiddler Tomas Skogsberg.

Peace, Love & Pitbulls – 3 – Review

November 1, 1997

PL&P are the musical equivalent of under-achieving students – they have so much potential, but they just don’t apply themselves.